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»Forums Index »Archive (2017 and earlier) »IQFeed Developer Support »Leaps in OptionChain via TCP/IP
Author Topic: Leaps in OptionChain via TCP/IP (4 messages, Page 1 of 1)

digablep
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Posted: Jun 18, 2008 01:27 PM          Msg. 1 of 4
I'm using TCP/IP to retrieve option chains for ticker "BAC" and I am not getting the Leap symbols "WBA". I can get them fine via COM. My request command in VB.NET is as follows:

OEA, BAC, 1, 4;

DTN_Steve_S
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Posted: Jun 18, 2008 02:05 PM          Msg. 2 of 4
Hello digablep, sorry for the confusion (it is poorly documented). Specifying Nears overrides Leaps. To get Leaps you will want to request OEA,BAC,1,0;

digablep
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Posted: Jun 18, 2008 03:11 PM          Msg. 3 of 4
Great thanks! I got it to work now.

I have another question. For underlying symbol "AAPL" I retrieve all the option symbols and notice the series "AXO". These are fixed return options (FRO) which are binary...they just started trading I guess. Is there a way to filter these out so I only receive the normal options?

DTN_Steve_S
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Posted: Jun 18, 2008 03:36 PM          Msg. 4 of 4
There is not currently a way to filter these out.
 

 

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